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General Patton

a soldier's life

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An edition of General Patton (2002)

General Patton

a soldier's life

1st ed.
  • 2 Want to read

"General George S. Patton, Jr., and inspirational leader and outstanding tactician, has intrigued and confounded his biographers. Now, utilizing untapped archival materials in both the United States and England, government documents, family papers, and oral histories, Stanley P. Hirshson creates the most balanced portrait of Patton ever written.

It reveals Patton as a complex soldier capable of brilliant military maneuvers but also of inspiring his troops with fiery speeches that resulted in horrendous acts, such as the massacres of Italian civilians. It explains Patton's belief in a soldier's Valhalla, connects the family's wealth to one of America's bitterest labor strikes, and disputes the usual interpretation of Patton's relief from command of the Third Army.".

"In investigating this complex man, Hirshson has uncovered surprising material about a series of civilian massacres in Sicily, about the two slapping incidents, about attempts to exploit Patton's diary after his death, and about Patton's relations with top Allied generals. Patton emerges as a soldier of great imagination and courage, and his military campaigns make for edge-of-the-seat reading. All the drama of Patton's life comes alive in this meticuously documented volume."--BOOK JACKET.

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
826

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General Patton: A Soldier's Life
August 5, 2003, Harper Perennial
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General Patton: A Soldier's Life
August 5, 2003, Harper Perennial
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Cover of: General Patton
General Patton: a soldier's life
2002, HarperCollins
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General Patton: a soldier's life
2002, HarperCollins
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-798) and index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355/.0092, B
Library of Congress
E745.P3 H57 2002, E745.P3H57 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 826 p. :
Number of pages
826

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3568497M
Internet Archive
generalpattonsol0000hirs
ISBN 10
0060009829
LCCN
2002068881
OCLC/WorldCat
50115876
Library Thing
65190
Goodreads
1047037

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Exactly two months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, General Lesley J. McNair rated the army's "high commanders" for General George C. Marshall, the chief of staff.
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